Nikon COOLPIXP520BLK Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Scene Mode (Shooting Suited to Scenes)
Shooting Features
y M dSports
The camera focuses at the center area of the frame.
While you continue to hold the shutter-release button all the way, up to 7 pictures are
shot at a rate of about 7 frames per second (fps) (when image quality is set to Normal
and image size is set to r 4896×3672).
The camera focuses on the subject even when the shutter-release button is not pressed
halfway. You may hear the sound of the camera focusing.
Focus, exposure, and hue are fixed at the values determined with the first image in each
series.
The frame rate with continuous shooting may become slow depending upon the current
image quality setting, image size setting, the memory card used, or shooting condition.
y M e Night portrait
On the screen that is displayed when e Night portrait is selected, select Y Hand-held
or Z Tripod.
Y
Hand-held
: Select this mode to hold the camera by hand for shooting pictures.
Z
Tripod
(default setting): Select this mode when the camera is stabilized, such as with a
tripod.
- Vibration reduction is not used even if Vibration reduction in the setup menu
(
A103) is set to Normal or Active.
The camera shoots a single picture at a slow shutter speed. Compared to using Tripod,
when Hand-held is selected the camera sets a slightly faster shutter speed in
accordance with the shooting conditions to prevent camera shake.
The flash always fires. Raise the flash before shooting.
The camera detects and focuses on a face (A80).
The skin softening feature makes the skin tones in people's faces appear softer (A46).
If no faces are detected, the camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame.
The digital zoom is not available.
y M f Party/indoor
The camera focuses at the center area of the frame.
As images are easily affected by camera shake, hold the camera steadily. Set Vibration
reduction to Off in the setup menu (A103) when shooting using a tripod to stabilize
the camera.
y M Z Beach
The camera focuses at the center area of the frame.
y M z Snow
The camera focuses at the center area of the frame.